Acclaim Lighting bathes iconic Radio Flyer facility with colorful LED beams

Acclaim Lighting has released details of a dynamic LED color façade lighting project at the Radio Flyer company headquarters on West Grand Avenue in Chicago, IL. The company long known for its bright-red kids’ wagons can now make its facility appear equally bright red, day or night, alongside the giant replica wagon just outside the front door. Acclaim supplied the solid-state lighting (SSL) products to a team including JR Lighting Design, Gensler Architects, Leopardo Construction, and Grand Kahn Electric. Radio Flyer sought to revamp its headquarters, which had been a brick-clad building, in a way that more closely matched the sleek and colorful wagons, scooters, bikes, and other ride-on products that it produces.

This Smart Remote Controls Your Home Lamps

Sometimes technology can initially seem like overkill. Even when it’s really good stuff. Take for example, the new Caséta by Lutron Wireless Lamp Dimmer Kit with Smart Bridge remote system that lets you control your plug-in lamps. I was able to test it out for a desk lamp in my home that happens to sit right next to our bed on a nightstand. But for the sake of testing Caséta, I connected this desk lamp to it. The system is designed to make things easier by giving you a wireless remote that you can use to dim the light, flip it on, or turn it off. Mind you, we can currently just reach up from our pillow and switch the light off.

Making a LED you blow out like a candle

Signify unveils some 20 new Hue models

Signify, the world’s largest lighting company and until recently called Philips, will show some 21 new Hue products at the IFA consumer electronics and home appliance show in Berlin, which runs from Aug. 31 through Sept. 6. Hue is Signify’s brand of LED bulbs, strips, and luminaires designed to change color and CCT to suit different moods and occasions. Not that Hue is miles away from the “data and Internet” strategy that today defines the push by both Signify and the solid-state lighting (SSL) industry to equip the lighting infrastructure with chips and sensors that collect data transmitted via the Internet. After all, Hue lights tend to be controllable by Internet-connected apps, and thus have data-collecting implications.

Light Bulb Finder App Helps Wisconsinites Switch to Energy-saving LEDs

The Light Bulb Finder app takes all the confusion out of finding energy-saving LEDs with the right style, fit, and light quality for your home. The award-winning app – available on computers, tablets and smartphones – is offered free to Wisconsin residents and includes new, upgraded features.

Light Bulb Finder makes everyone an instant expert when replacing incandescent bulbs or CFLs with more energy-efficient LEDs. In minutes, residents can determine what kind of bulbs are best for their homes, view discounts, and create shopping lists for easy reference at local and online retailers.

In addition to finding the right LEDs, users can calculate energy and financial savings for a single lighting fixture or an entire home.

TP-Link announces a trio of new Kasa Smart light bulbs

In 2018, the smart home market is absolutely exploding. TP-Link is a company that manufactures exceptional networking hardware and devices at affordable prices. Its routers are legendary with cost-conscious consumers. Today, the popular brand unveils a trio of new smart light bulbs. Using its "Kasa Smart" branding, there is the KL110, KL120, and KL130 -- all of which are compatible with Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant.

Solar LEDs to soon scare away wild animals

The Forest department has come up with a novel idea of using solar LED (Light emitting diode) bulbs to prevent wild animals from straying into the villages on the fringes of the forests adjoining the Male Mahadeshwara Wildlife Sanctuary limits. The colourful LED bulbs are being used on an experimental basis at P G Palya wildlife zone to keep wild animals including pachyderms, at bay. PG Palya wildlife zone is a dense forest area and houses tigers, elephants and other wild animals,

Electrically Safe LED-to-Lamp Converter

Compared to an ordinary lamp most traditional LEDs are weak when it comes to light emission.  That’s okay for many purposes, but sometimes you want a big lamp instead of a measly LED. This 'light booster' as you might call it is used for switching a mains powered incandescent lamp on and off by means of a tiny LED in an opto-isolator available at the input of the circuit. This LED should take the place of the LED you want to “beef up” in terms of light emission.

IKEA to expand Tradfri HomeKit line with new $10 smart plug in October

According to a report from Swedish news outlet Teknikveckan, IKEA is planning to launch a new smart plug in its Tradfri line of smart products. As you can see in the below image of what appears to be IKEA’s internal product database, the company’s smart plug features a design similar to many other smart plugs currently on the market. Where IKEA hopes to differentiate its smart plug, however, is in pricing. The report goes on to claim that the Tradfri smart plug will run just $10, a bundle that includes the plug and a remote will purportedly cost $15. In addition to HomeKit, IKEA’s smart plug is said to support Google Assistant and Amazon’s Alexa.

Fed up with Wi-fi? Li-fi technology turns light bulbs into smart devices that transmit data

Fed up with Wi-fi? Li-fi technology turns light bulbs into smart devices that transmit data – and it is in homes already. Olivia Qiu, chief innovation officer at Signify (the new company name of Philips Lighting), compares Li-fi, a two-way, high-speed wireless technology, to Wi-fi, but says it uses light waves instead of radio waves to transmit data. Within the stream of light from the overhead luminaire, a broadband connection is highly secure, and provides a connection with a speed of 30Mb per second without compromising lighting quality. “While radio frequencies are becoming congested, the visible light spectrum is an untapped resource with a large bandwidth suitable for the stable simultaneous connection of a vast array of Internet of Things devices,” she says.

Mandalay Bay Convention Center taps wireless lighting controls across 1 million ft2

In a lighting now and maybe data later deal, Las Vegas’ Mandalay Bay Convention Center has tapped GE’s Current division for a wireless control system that allows fine tuning of 1600 luminaires across the expansive 1 million ft2 of exhibition space. Mandalay Bay is using Current’s Intel-based Daintree controls and software to alter lighting levels from 0–100% brightness, thus eliminating the need for supplemental lighting over individual booths, according to Current. Current partnered with Boulder, CO-based Energy Resources Inc., which specializes in installing and designing lighting and lighting control systems.

LEDs illuminate new options in office lighting

For years, the choices in office lighting were pretty limited. Four-foot or 2-foot fluorescent lights in square or rectangular fixtures are a common sight. So, too, are long, suspended, continuous runs of the same lights. “Those are basically practical lighting solutions that were designed around existing sources,” said Rick Meyer, vice president of sales and marketing at Mequon-based manufacturer SPI Lighting Inc. Meyer pointed out the technology behind lighting had not changed much from the time Thomas Edison invented the light bulb until the introduction of fluorescent lights. Even after that, things did not rapidly evolve.

Smart lighting troubles show why the connected home of the future is still a myth

Nanoleaf makes light panels, at the moment in the shape of triangles, but later this year in the shape of squares and, early next year, hexagons,which home and office owners can join together to create huge lighting displays, with colours that swirl around in time with music (the panels have microphones) or that match a theme. Place the 12-sided remote on side number "1", your lights come on. Side "12", the lights go off. Other sides change the colour themes. But it's more than just a remote, it's a tacit acknowledgement that apps are rarely the best way to control smart-home devices – "who wants to reach for their phone, wait for the app to load and then use it to turn on their lights?" asks Yan.

Holland’s newest red-light district is a big boost for bats

Kamiel Spoelstra has 1.5 million recordings of bat sounds. Spoelstra and his team of scientists at the Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW) made them, in order to analyze the effect of outdoor artificial light on the nocturnal creatures. Starting in 2011 they mounted microphones and memory cards on trees near specially-tuned LED lightposts they installed at eight different sites in the Netherlands. Spoelstra’s ultrasonic equipment would pick up the high-frequency bat calls that are inaudible to human ears but that sound out at deafening decibels that put Iron Maiden to shame.

New Slim-Line Surf LED by Nora Lighting

The surface-mounted Surf LED fixture by Nora Lighting is designed to mimic the look of a recessed light, with a slim-line profile that measures 7/8ths of an inch thick. The fixture may be installed over both standard and fire-rated J-boxes. The luminaire is edge-lit, and uses an embedded honeycomb lens light guide for even distribution of illumination. The light offers 90+ CRI, and features a regressed lens with a deep grooved white baffle.

Larson Electronics LLC Releases LED Light Package for Ford New Holland 8970 Tractors

Larson Electronics LLC, has released an LED work light kit that directly replaces and upgrades existing lights on Ford New Holland 8970 tractors. This LED light kit consists of eight LED work lights – two spot configured lights and six flood configured lights. This light package provides operators with a powerful and versatile LED tractor lighting system upgrade.

The LLP-FNH-TR-8970 tractor light package comes with a total of eight LED lights - two lights in a spot configuration to replace rear fender lights, two lights in a spot configuration to lower cab lights, two lights in a flood configuration to replace top rear cab flood lights, and two remaining lights in a flood configuration used as front top cab flood lights. Each LED lamp produces 2,975 lumens, for a total of 23,800 lumens of brilliant, intense LED illumination. Drawing just 360 watts, this lighting package is highly efficient and effective.

O2 trials wireless networks created from LED lighting

O2 has unveiled a trial in which light will become the backbone of wireless connectivity and networks in preparation for the emergence of 5G. The company's trial, made possible through a partnership with pureLiFI, will be "used to provide high-speed wireless connectivity" via LED light bulbs. The LED light bulbs are connected to pureLiFi's LiFi-XC system and are "LiFi-enabled," which is described as a category of Optical Wireless Communications (OWC) including infrared, ultraviolet, and visible light.

Philips Hue adds rigid light strips for vertical and horizontal use

If you’re using Philips Hue lightstrips to add accent lighting behind an entertainment console or desk but want to throw more light onto your wall, a new product announced Monday looks like it could fit the bill: the Philips Hue Play. A second product – a kind of rigid, vertical lightstrip called the Signe lamp – provides a neat way to throw color lighting up a wall or into the corner of a room. The Philips Play is a short, rigid lightstrip primarily designed for entertainment consoles. It will be available in single units for $69.95 or in a more useful double pack for $129.95. This compares with $89.95 for the existing Lightstrip.
























The Philips Play is a short, rigid lightstrip primarily designed for entertainment consoles. It will be available in single units for $69.95 or in a more useful double pack for $129.95. This compares with $89.95 for the existing Lightstrip.

Weymouth seafront lighting plan design backed

A new £200,000 seafront lighting plan design in Weymouth has been backed by borough councillors. Proposals for the scheme which involves patterns of coloured lights on lampposts still need to be approved by Weymouth & Portland council planners. It is being funded by a grant from the government's Coastal Communities Fund.

EU halogen light bulb ban: everything you need to know

Halogen light bulbs will soon be a thing of the past, as the final phase of EU energy regulations comes into effect on 1 September 2018, banning them from sale. Halogen GU10 spotlights have already been banned – in 2016 – but halogen bulbs got a stay of execution as manufacturers argued that LEDs weren’t yet a viable replacement due to higher upfront costs, particularly for the brighter 60-100W-equivalent bulbs. That’s set to change, as the ban on importing or producing new halogen bulbs comes into force on 1 September.

Hartsfield-Jackson to test canopy lighting system

Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport has tested a lighting system on a massive canopy under construction at the domestic terminal curbside. The Atlanta airport has begun construction of the first of two canopies at the domestic terminal. The Terminal North canopy is under construction and expected to be completed this fall, The canopies and other terminal improvements are part of a $265 million construction contract, including work on the canopies, vestibules and terminal exterior, and other work inside the terminal and on the roof.

Seoul Viosys brings CSP manufacturing technology to the UV-LED sector

Seoul Viosys, the ultraviolet (UV)-focused business division of Seoul Semiconductor, has announced that it will soon commercialize UV LEDs based on chip-scale packaging (CSP) technology, and that it had been awarded a patent for the technology development behind the UV WICOP LED design. Presumably, the CSP implementation will lower the manufacturing cost for UV LEDs while also providing a path to improved performance and lifetime.  Seoul Semiconductor has been among the industry leaders in developing and selling CSP LED technology in visible-white-light components. The company refers to the portfolio as WICOP (wafer-level integrated chip on PCB) and Seoul began volume production for the general illumination market in 2016. The company had previously supplied CSP LEDs into display backlight and automotive applications.

Convert the headlights in almost any car to LEDs for under $15

Are you jealous of all the cars you drive past that have those gorgeous LED headlights? Well you don’t need to cough up the cash for a luxury car to experience them for yourself. LED headlights don’t just look better than traditional halogens, they’re far safer because they do a better job of illuminating the road ahead. Now, it costs next to nothing to convert just about any car to LED headlights. Amazon has 50% coupons available for the Auxbeam 9006 LED Headlight Dual Color Conversion Kit in three different sizes that fit almost any car. That drops the price of the 9006/HB4, 9005/HB10, and 9008/HB13 kits to just $12.49 each.

Scientists are learning more about the adverse health affects of LEDs

A new study aims to provide some guidelines for the use of LED lights, which are quickly taking over the global lighting market but are known to create serious problems for wildlife and people.
“LEDs are a major focus of this paper because they are replacing existing outdoor lighting at a rapid pace and that is changing the nature of the outdoor environment in a way that is not going to be stopped,” says Travis Longcore of the University of Southern California. By 2020, LED lights are projected to account for 69 percent of the global market, a dramatic increase from nine percent just seven years ago. “LEDs are coming, but we can perhaps guide some of the ways in which they're used and the choices that are made relative to wildlife, because the color of light matters to wildlife," Longcore says. "It also matters to people and the circadian rhythms of life on Earth.”

Generac MLT4060MVD LED Light Tower

MLT4060MVD LED mobile light tower is purpose-designed for applications in remote locations and extreme environments, and includes features that allow for autonomous operation. The tower can run up to 533 hours on a single diesel tank fill and has a 750-hour oil change interval, according to the company. Illumination comes from 296 W LED fixtures producing 172,200 lumens.

Casino puts odds on LEDs

Most of us think only a little about how light affects our environment. If we do, we simply switch on a light here or there and change bulbs occasionally as needed. The designers of the ilani casino, however, took this process several steps further. They faced highly complex interior lighting issues covering thousands of square feet of gaming areas, restaurants, lounges, bars, retail space and a large meeting room. “We wanted a first-class facility that mixed outside light coming in the windows with the internal lighting to make its tone as close to natural as possible for our guests,” said Kara Fox-LaRose, president and general manager of the casino. Illumination from LEDs approaches natural light tones.

Is the marvel of LED lighting also a blight on global health?

Pollution is often characterized as a soft issue in environmentalism. This perception needs to change. Light at night constitutes a massive assault on the ecology of the planet, including us. It also has indirect impacts because, while 20% of electricity is used for lighting worldwide, at least 30% of that light is wasted. Wasted light serves no purpose at all, and excessive lighting is too often used beyond what is needed for driving, or shopping, or Friday-night football. In response to this relentless attack on night, the American Medical Association (AMA) stepped up and adopted an official policy statement in 2016. I was one of the co-authors of the AMA statement, in which my colleagues and I recommended reducing the brightness and blue content of the LED products being deployed by utilities around the country.

Audi’s HD Matrix LED lights may soon be allowed on US roads

Headlights typically serve one purpose -- helping drivers see the road. To illuminate the asphalt at night the lights traditionally had two settings. Low beams for driving around town and passing other vehicles or high beams for seeing more of the road and surrounding area. That's pretty much all we've had for decades. While cars in the United States still operate like this, in other parts of the world -- thanks to technology -- lights have evolved. Currently, on your US-spec car there are the usual two high/low beam options coming out of two bulbs usually housed in the same element. There are better systems out there. For example, Audi's new HD Matrix LED with Audi Laser light.

New Philips Hue lights announced

Philips seems to be aiming to move on from just selling bulbs to go into other people’s lights to selling you entire light fixtures. Two of the new Hue products were already leaked – a bathroom mirror and an outdoor lightstrip – but the company kept the rest under wraps until last week. Philips doesn’t quite seem to be ready for their launch – at the time of writing, several images were broken on the company’s website.

Dutch Company Selects Plessey’s LED Horticultural Lighting to Grow Lettuce

The UK based company, Plessey, has announced its partnership with B-Four Agro, a Dutch lettuce grower, to provide its growing lights to a new greenhouse owned by its subsidiary company, B4Hydrogrow B.V, which measures 29,000 square meters. The under construction greenhouse of B4Hydrogrow will be installed with Hyperion 1750 LED Grow Light, which offers a light output of 1750 micromole/s, equivalent to a 1000W SON-T. The whole series of Hyperion grow lights come in a range of standard and tailor made spectrums, with a host of features and benefits designed to give a higher commercial return to growers.

Most consumers research lighting before purchase

More than three-quarters of consumers researched indoor lighting prior to purchase, according to exclusive research from Furniture Today. Only 23% of consumers did not do any research before purchasing lighting. Thirty-four percent of consumers researched online exclusively, while 32% researched both online and in store. Only 11% of lighting consumers researched entirely in store before buying. The most popular source for information, among both online and in-store researchers, were retailers’ websites, reported by 74% of respondents. Marketplace websites, such as Amazon and Overstock, were employed by 63% of consumers.

Tridonic files suit against distributor

Tridonic Jennersdorf GmbH, a subsidiary of Tridonic GmbH & Co KG and part of the Austria-based Zumtobel Group, has announced the filing of a lawsuit against German distributor Ingram Micro Distribution GmbH. The suit focuses on LED intellectual property (IP) owned by the B.O.S.E. Consortium of which Tridonic is a part, and LEDs used in HTC smartphones. Tridonic targeted S-KON eKontor24 for selling HTC smartphones with LEDs that infringed the patent for using yellow silicate phosphors with blue LEDs to yield white light. Tridonic said a Munich court affirmed Tridonic’s arguments and subsequently the parties settled the matter, presumably in Tridonic’s favor.

How To: Remove a Broken Light Bulb

Incandescent light bulbs are known to occasionally shatter in their fixtures—and when they do, it’s both difficult and dangerous to extract the bulb’s threaded base from the socket. Bits of broken glass and the risk of electrical shock should make anyone think twice before attempting to take out what remains of the bulb. Luckily, there’s a number of strategies for how to remove a broken light bulb without using your hands, and you’ll likely have at least one of these three tools on hand: a pair of needle nose pliers, a raw potato, or a commercially-sold broken bulb extractor.

Will Trump’s DOE Propose To Roll Back Light Bulb Standards?

The Trump administration will soon release a proposed rule on light bulb standards. The details are under wraps, but manufacturers have lobbied for an illegal rollback of strong standards with which they must comply beginning in 2020. Our new issue brief shows what’s at stake. Few energy efficiency success stories are bigger than the national light bulb standards. Enacted by the US Congress and President Bush in 2007, they are delivering huge savings for consumers and the environment. They helped spur the investments and market changes that have resulted in the low-cost, high-quality LEDs (light emitting diodes) that are now widely available.

Pittsford company brings LED lighting and savings to state fairgrounds

Lumalon, a Pittsford company specializing in light-emitting diode, or LED, illumination, is executing an $866,000 contract to install LED lighting at six buildings at the New York State Fairgrounds. But that means juggling the work around the busy schedule of events at the fairgrounds year-round. Earlier this month, the company temporarily halted work at the fairgrounds’ Center of Progress Building to accommodate move-in for the Syracuse Nationals auto show on July 21.

Lynn Tech students install LED lighting at their school

A small group of Lynn Vocational Technical Institute students are spending their summer switching out inefficient lighting at their school, which is projected to save the city energy and money. The six Lynn Tech students taking part in the project, which involves switching out the fluorescent lighting at the school with energy-saving LED light fixtures, are doing so through the city’s Summer Youth Employment Program. According to the Inspectional Services Department, when the entire school is complete, the city could realize a savings of $30,000 annually.

PrimeTime launches new LED studio light for broadcast studios

PrimeTime has released its newest broadcast lighting instrument, the MSLED 40 XB2, a single soft-shadow light. The LED light is built in the USA with a five-year warranty and is designed specifically for broadcast studio grids in key, fill or backlight applications. “The MSLED 40 XB2 is designed to give a wider, stronger wash than the popular MSLED 20 XB2. The MSLEDs are in demand fixtures in corporate, government and broadcast studio facilities. Pre-orders of the MSLED 40 XB2 have been impressive,” said Glen Harn of PrimeTime.

Sidhu orders CBI probe into LED light scam

Punjab Local Bodies Minister Navjot Singh Sidhu on Monday ordered a CBI probe into the alleged scam reported in the LED light project. The Rs 274-crore project, which was conceptualised to install over 65,000 LED lights in the city, was mired into controversy since the beginning. Congress councillor Rohan Sehgal, who has already locked horns with the LED company, has alleged that the company had been installing substandard lights at double the rates as compared to the infrastructure installed in Ludhiana.

The MIT Self-Assembly Lab prints squishy, tactile lighting fixtures

The MIT Self-Assembly Lab and Swiss designer Christophe Guberan have unveiled a range of new lighting and household items that are 3D-printed in soft materials and then inflated to their proper sizes. Liquid to Air: Pneumatic Objects is currently on display at the Patrick Parrish Gallery at 50 Lispenard Street in Manhattan through August 26. The Self-Assembly Lab team, consisting of Björn Sparrman, Schendy Kernizan, Jared Laucks, and Skylar Tibbits, were able to “draw” the malleable objects using rapid liquid printing. The experimental process is a collaboration between the lab and furniture company Steelcase and can be used to rapidly print large-scale products in a variety of materials.

Networked lighting to eliminate auto blind spots

It is a horror scenario for every driver: Suddenly, a previously invisible pedestrian comes out of the dark between two street lights or the shade of two parked cars. Researchers at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) are working on a method to optimally adapt car headlights to local conditions.

When lighting conditions blur the contrast between an object and its surroundings, experts refer to it as the "camouflage effect." The human eye cannot perceive the object under these conditions. The same applies to camera eyes of autonomous vehicles. The "Propix" headlight developed at KIT's Light Technology Institute (LTI) a few years ago was the point of departure of the scientists. Propix can adapt its light distribution to the environment, i.e. suppress certain areas completely, whereas others are illuminated brightly.

Daktronics Installs New LED Displays at Letzigrund Stadium

Daktronics has been asked to design, engineer and install two new LED video displays for Letzigrund Stadium in Zürich, Switzerland. The outdoor stadium has new video features at each end of the field to entertain and inform live event attendees in 2018.

“After more than 10 years of use of the very reliable stadium displays, it was time for renewal and upgrade to the latest LED technology to improve the quality of the displays,” said Andreas Bachmann, process manager of facility management at Letzigrund Stadium. “We are very proud about the result. The new displays will offer a real added value for our event partners and visitors. We thank Daktronics for a smooth realization of the project and are looking forward to further cooperation in service.”

Each display measures 5.85 meters high by 10.61 meters wide and features 13HD pixel layouts to bring excellent image clarity and contrast to fans in every seat of the stadium. The displays incorporate industry-leading environmental protection to ensure optimal operation during any kind of weather.

“The new 13HD technology is the first one in the German spoken area and sets a landmark for the opportunities of that technology,” said Rolf Bauer, Daktronics regional sales manager. “This is a fantastic project that we’re excited to be involved in for the second time in a row. The public tender was awarded with a very tight schedule for delivery and install. Thanks to a great team from the stadium management and City of Zürich, along with our local partner AUVISO AG, we were able to achieve the given timeline and meet expectations for this project.”


Each display is capable of variable content zoning allowing each to show one large image or to be divided into multiple sections to show any combination of live video, instant replay, statistics and game information, graphics and animations, and sponsorship messages.



(Photo: Steffen Grocholl)

Explosion Proof LED Brick Light providing flood lighting technology

Larson Electronics LLC, has released a Class I Divisions 1 and 2 Groups C D and Class II Divisions 1 and 2 LED brick light that produces 6,250 lumens at just 30 watts. This portable LED light is mounted to an A-frame style base, providing explosion proof flood lighting for hazardous location environments requiring portable and durable illumination.

The EPL-PM-30LED-UVA-100-EPP is an explosion proof LED unit with a low-profile light head measuring just 7 inches squared,that is mounted to a portable aluminum frame base, allowing the light to be adjusted up or down 90-degrees. This 30-watt LED lamp provides 4,000 square feet of work area coverage and a hefty 6,250 lumens of light output. Special heat dissipating design and LED technology helps this fixture achieve an excellent 50,000 hour rated lifespan with 80% lumen retention. This light provides both a 60-degree and a 125-degree beam angle, ideal for wide coverage.

New Willis Tower antenna lights can change color in a matter of seconds

The iconic twin antennae atop Chicago’s Willis Tower can now display a wider variety of colors as well as intricate animations thanks to a newly installed quick-change lighting system. While in the past a two-person crew had to climb to the skyscraper’s 109th and 110th floors and swap color pallets over each individual floodlight by hand, the upgraded LED array can change its hue remotely and in just a matter of seconds. By comparison, the previous process could take up to four hours and hinged on favorable weather conditions. In addition to saving the time, hassle, and risks associated with manually changing the colors, the new system is expected to reduce antenna lighting-related energy consumption by 70 percent.

Convert the headlights in almost any car to LEDs for under $15

Are you jealous of all the cars you drive past that have those gorgeous LED headlights? Well you don’t need to cough up the cash for a luxury car to experience them for yourself. LED headlights don’t just look better than traditional halogens, they’re far safer because they do a better job of illuminating the road ahead. Now, it costs next to nothing to convert just about any car to LED headlights. Amazon has 50% coupons available for the Auxbeam 9006 LED Headlight Dual Color Conversion Kit in three different sizes that fit almost any car. That drops the price of the 9006/HB4, 9005/HB10, and 9008/HB13 kits to just $12.49 each.

Ellumi's LEDs use light to kill household germs and mold

What if there was a way to get rid of germs that didn't require scrubbing and elbow grease? That's what lighting company Ellumi says its LED light fixtures can do. Just flip a switch, the company says, and bacteria, fungus and mold don't stand a chance. According to Ellumi, its LEDs not only illuminate their surroundings, they disinfect them too. Ellumi's products use white light, as opposed to ultraviolet (UV) light, which has been used to eliminate nasty microbes for decades. The company says its LEDs rely on proven technology from medical industry startup Vital Vio.

Philips website shows off unannounced Hue Adore lighted mirror with HomeKit

Philips is further expanding its Hue smart lighting lineup. The listing for the company’s Adore bathroom lighted mirror has shown up on the company’s website. Last week, we learned about Philips’ upcoming outdoor Hue LightStrip. That joins the company’s other new Hue products made for outdoor use released this year. In expanding its smart lighting lineup even further across all areas of the home, the Hue Adore bathroom lighted mirror has now shown up on the company’s UK website.